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USAID, Mastercard partnership seeks to foster digital empowerment of women
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Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 17 (ANI): US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Mastercard have partnered to foster digital empowerment of women in India through an initiative called 'Project Kirana'.
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24 sanitation workers' fatalities in 2021, down from 118 in 2019: Govt in
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New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The number of deaths occurring due to hazardous cleaning of sewers and septic tanks has substantially come down in the country, said Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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India at forefront of uplifting and empowering women: Smriti Irani at UN
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New York [US], March 17 (ANI): Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Wednesday said that India has been at the forefront of uplifting and empowering women at the socio-economic and political front while addressing the 66th session of the United Nations Commission on
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Ramdas Athawale backs Devendra Fadnavis in transfer-probing case, alleges
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 13 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Sunday extended his support to Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis in the transfer probing case and accused the state government of misusing
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Lili Reinhart lauds Jamie Lee Curtis for powerful body positivity message
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Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): Actor Lili Reinhart commended veteran star Jamie Lee Curtis for speaking publically about the importance of embracing your body with all of its flaws and imperfections.
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ITBP 'smartphones' for kin of forces' martyrs to enable immediate grievanc
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New Delhi [India], March 12 (ANI): In the first initiative of its kind, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on Saturday kicked off a welfare move by providing smartphones to the families of martyrs of the force, as part of its grievance redressal mechanism.
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A pan India health initiative by Joshi Pharmaceutical Industries on the oc
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New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI/India PR Distribution): On March 8 which is celebrated as the International Women's Day across the World to celebrate the progress made towards achieving gender equality and women's empowerment but also to critically reflect on those accomplishments and strive
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SATYA MicroCapital Ltd. Organizes Second Edition of Vijayalakshmi Das Entr
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New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of International Women's Day, SATYA MicroCapital Ltd. organized second edition of Vijayalakshmi Das Entrepreneurship Awards which felicitated women entrepreneurs nestled at grassroots level. The awards recognized women whose signific
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Pakistan's condition appalling with regards to empowering women: Report
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 9 (ANI): Pakistan's hierarchical and patriarchal society has a long way to go with regards to women's empowerment and addressing crimes against women, a media report said on Tuesday.
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Union Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav lauds EPFO, ESIC for clearing pendin
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New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Union Labour Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Wednesday lauded EPFO and ESIC for clearing all claims of women, launching Women Empowerment Desks, and excellence awards on the International Women's Day, said a press release by the Ministry of Labour and Employment
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J-K: Women achievers share their experience on International Women's Day
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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 9 (ANI): On the occasion of International Women's Day, several Kashmiri women achievers from myriad fields shared their perspectives on women empowerment at their native place in a conference on Tuesday.
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At UNSC, India highlights govt initiatives like Mudra to empower women
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New York [US], March 9 (ANI): Highlighting the initiatives taken by the Indian government for women empowerment, India on Tuesday said it offers a unique template for gender-sensitive governance and equal access to education, thereby, helping them to become economically empowered.
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